Halloween

     It feels like Halloween came so fast this year!  The kids have been looking forward to it for months!  Nothing beats free candy.  The kids all got to wear their costumes to school.  Ashlyn was Robin from Stranger Things, Dawson was a T-Rex, and Gracie was Snow White. Dawson begged for an inflatable T Rex costume.  I finally caved in and bought it for him a few weeks before Halloween.  The day it arrived he was beyond excited.  He had to try it one right away.  He wore that costume all the time.  He especially liked wearing it on the trampoline.  Jameson saw it and of course decided he wanted to also be a dinosaur.  Gracie decided that she wanted to be Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz.  I got her costume complete with a little basket with a stuffed Toto.  The morning of Halloween, she decided she DID NOT want to be Dorothy, so she grabbed some random old Snow White costume and went with that. 
   Joey, Emmy, and I were able to come to Gracie's class party.  Her teacher had all sorts of fun activities and we had a great time watching her have fun with her little friends.   
   Halloween was a COLD one this year.  We have gotten really lucky the past few years with fairly warm Halloweens.  This year was not warm unfortunately.  After school, we did our usual pizza and getting ready.  I put Emmy's costume on and I only took her to a few houses on our street, then we went back inside where it was nice and warm.  Joey took the kids around the neighborhood and they lasted a lot longer than I thought they would with the cold.  Emmy and I had a great time passing out candy and we got quite a few trick or treaters.  All in all it was a good Halloween. 

Emmy and Joey at Gracie's class party

Decorating a ghost

Balancing pumpkins

Stacking cups

The pizza

The cutest unicorn in the world!!!!

Our group

Gracie was off!  She had not put on her coat yet. 

Emmy on the hunt for candy!  

Cutest dinosaurs ever!  

The kids trick or treating with the neighbors

A lot of snow on the ground!  

Emmy sampling her candy

The finished pizza

October Random

Here the random pictures for October:

Dawson went to a basketball clinic that he really enjoyed.

Grace taking advantage of a nice fall day.

Grace got to take home the class stuffed animal for the weekend.  Here she is taking a nap with him.  

Gracie cheering on her brother at his soccer game.  

We watched my mom's dog, Elsie for a weekend.  It was an adventure!  

Dawson getting sealant on his teeth

Grace at soccer.  She finally scored a goal!  

An old friend of Joey's was in town, so he met her and her husband to go axe throwing.  

Joey at a Broncos game 

Cross Country

  Here are the pictures from the last cross country meet for the year.  The kids had a such a fun time all year running cross country.  Gracie got pretty fast.  I think she was like the second kindergarten girl in the last race.  She loves to run and hopefully it is something that she will continue to do.  Dawson is not competitive enough to care how fast he runs, but he always did his best which is exactly what we expect of him.

This is the best shot ever with the sun in the background.  I think we need to hang this one on the wall!   

Painting Fun

   I was inspired by something I saw online, to do a painting night with the kids.  We have had a paint party lady come to the house before, but I discovered that there are lots of tutorials online and we could do it for a fraction of the cost.  I bought all the supplies at the dollar store because I wasn't sure how the kids would do.  Even though we didn't have the best supplies, we all had a blast!  The kids did such a good job following along and following directions.  We were all very happy with the paintings we ended up with.  I see a lot more paint nights in our future! 

The finished product